41:40 - The danger of developing on top of platforms is that you're basically always at risk of the platform eventually replicating their own version of your app. Take for example what Apple did with Sherlock app. It copied to create what is now Spotlight, a feature built into the platform. 42:30 developers on a platform should realize they are doi... See more
54:00 - It's always a challenge to see further down than 6 months along the road because you don't always know what the platform is working on and what they are going to do. They have their own competitive forces to deal with. So you hope, "Hey I hope my niche isn't too interesting to them, that they want to take it over. But interesting enough tha... See more
54:50 - Slack created a venture fund attached to their ecosystem so they would try to be financially aligned with their ecosystem as much as they could.
55:00 - It’s pretty common to have these two-sided integrations. For example, building on Slack, and also on Google Calendar. You are 2x-ing your risk. Because you have to keep up with changes happening on both platforms. And either platform may steal the idea as well. But those 2-sided integrations can also be a goldmine niche.